despencer

Middle French

Verb

despencer

1. to spend (money)

Conjugation

• As parler except c becomes ç before a and o. May remain c in older manuscripts.
• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of despencer

infinitive	simple	despencer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	despençant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		despencé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	despence	despences	despence	despençons	despencez	despencent
	imperfect	despençois, despençoys	despençois, despençoys	despençoit, despençoyt	despencions, despençons	despenciez, despencyez	despençoient, despençoyent
	past historic	despença	despenças	despença	despençasmes	despençastes	despencerent
	future	despencerai, despenceray	despenceras	despencera	despencerons	despencerez	despenceront
	conditional	despencerois, despenceroys	despencerois, despenceroys	despenceroit, despenceroyt	despencerions, despenceryons	despenceriez, despenceryez	despenceroient, despenceroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	despence	despences	despence	despençons	despencez	despencent
	imperfect	despençasse	despençasses	despençast	despençassions	despençassiez	despençassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	despence	—	despençons	despencez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: dépenser